Bestselling novelist whose military thrillers, including Patriot Games, were made into hit films and spawned video games
Tom Clancy, who has died aged 66, dominated the bestseller lists of the 1980s, with a series of novels that thrust his appealing CIA analyst Jack Ryan into situations that combined the intricacies of cold-war politics with precise details of modern military operations and equipment. With the end of the cold war, Clancy moved seamlessly into the era of terrorism, with no decline in sales; only Jk Rowling and John Grisham joined him in meriting first printings of more than 2m copies.
Seventeen of his books topped the New York Times bestseller chart, and his income as a novelist may have been matched only by Stephen King. He also became one of the first writers to recreate himself as a brand-name, helped by astute use of video games. His company Red Storm produced a string of games,...
Tom Clancy, who has died aged 66, dominated the bestseller lists of the 1980s, with a series of novels that thrust his appealing CIA analyst Jack Ryan into situations that combined the intricacies of cold-war politics with precise details of modern military operations and equipment. With the end of the cold war, Clancy moved seamlessly into the era of terrorism, with no decline in sales; only Jk Rowling and John Grisham joined him in meriting first printings of more than 2m copies.
Seventeen of his books topped the New York Times bestseller chart, and his income as a novelist may have been matched only by Stephen King. He also became one of the first writers to recreate himself as a brand-name, helped by astute use of video games. His company Red Storm produced a string of games,...
- 10/3/2013
- by Michael Carlson
- The Guardian - Film News
Well Covert Affairs is definitely on a run, we're getting one fantastic episode after another. This week we get special guest stars Eriq La Salle who played Dr. Benton on ER, Jai is back, and Ben Mercer! The gangs all here so let's get to it, but be careful and don't get muddy.
Annie jokingly says she has graduated from bringing everybody lunch to getting the coffee but by the time she gives Auggie his cup of joe, it's stone cold. Auggie says he has a present (a graduation gift maybe, hehe); its a new encrypted smartphone and Annie gladly hands in her old 90's style phone they had her using.
The CIA gets word that there is an armed shipment headed to the Us that has 3 surface-to-air missiles. They don't know where the ship is or which city its headed to, but they know the ship has the infamous...
Annie jokingly says she has graduated from bringing everybody lunch to getting the coffee but by the time she gives Auggie his cup of joe, it's stone cold. Auggie says he has a present (a graduation gift maybe, hehe); its a new encrypted smartphone and Annie gladly hands in her old 90's style phone they had her using.
The CIA gets word that there is an armed shipment headed to the Us that has 3 surface-to-air missiles. They don't know where the ship is or which city its headed to, but they know the ship has the infamous...
- 8/11/2010
- by clydefamous
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